War Porn: "Warnography"

[mopaul]

it's the latest craze! War Porn! see prisoners of war de-humanized! see real human beings sexually humiliated! see american soldiers perform shocking acts of bondage and discipline! electrodes to the genitals! forced fellatio! restraints! blindfolds! gag balls! piles of undulating enemy flesh, awaiting your commands! great fun for boys AND girls! all sanctioned by the army! show those arab submissives who's in charge!

i understand the original torture pics were first released on a u.s. PORN SITE. and then discovered by c.b.s. and others. a porn site?
is this still america? now we can view these obscene photos for a sexual charge. the thrill of dominance and the spoils of the conquerers. i'm SURE this is not an isolated incident. it's just one that the idiots thought would be fun to photograph and send to their buddies to get a kick out of too.

but what it shows is, americans, being turned on by sadomasochism.
now that's reality t.v.

[xchrom]

1. it's the same reason the passion of christ

was so popular with conservative christians -- too many americans have become baroque, perverse in their nationalism, religion, etc.
this invasion inspired by a perverse character from texas could only have a perverse outcome. and the foot soldiers are behaving in the only way the could -- as true believers.
not unlike timothy mcveigh really -- the preachers of hate have communicated all to effectively their messages -- and the troops are acting on the ''orders'' they hear.

[NuttyFluffers]

2. i'd say a new low...

but, honestly, how long would that last these days?

[Lexingtonian]

3. I like "mili-porn"

Sounds like a word George Orwell would have used, doesn't it?

Two friends of mine, ROTCs in good standing, used to spend every single one of their free weekend days watching 'Apocalypse Now' or 'Top Gun'- pure Reagan era miliporn kitsch. It was easier to treat them as sane on weekdays.... One later flew F-15s, though.

[mopaul]

4. there actually are military fetishists

i'm sure you know, some folks are turned on in a strange way by all the military hardware and subculture. hanging out in soldier of fortune, and testosterone driven fantasies about being conquerers.

i'm sure real soldiers are even put off by these jerkoffs.

[markses]

5. The whole thing is sexualized from start to finish

Not just the torture, but the invasion, the occupation, the weepy-woo revenge seeking after 9/11, Osama bin Laden hisself, hardly an intruder.